Adam is a film editor working in documentary and fiction. Since graduating from the National Film and Television School in 2011 he has edited award winning feature documentaries, television, commercials and shorts. He is based in London

Thank You For The Rain / Feature Documentary

Banyak Films & Differ Media

DURATION: 85'

Over the last four years Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, has used his camera to document the life of his family, his village and the impact of climate change. Over the years he has documented floods, droughts, storms but also the more human impacts of climate change - kids are sent home from school when school fees can’t be paid; men are moving to towns in search for jobs; and family tensions rise.

But refusing to give up, Kisilu initiates a plan to bring his community back together, mitigate against the changing climate and save his family. It takes him all the way the UN Climate Talks in Paris.

"Mastery in the art of filmmaking " - One World Media.More about the film and how you can support the making of it: http://thankyoufortherain.com

The Infamous Chalk Girl / Short Documentary

Younger Films for The Guardian & The Bertha Foundation

DURATION: 24'

Chalk Girl: a protester at the heart of Hong Kong’s democracy movement. Two years since her arrest made her an accidental infamous hero of the pro-democracy umbrella movement, the 16-year-old must decide whether to rejoin the battle alongside the 'localist' youth. As elections loom, Chalk Girl is torn between wanting to respect her family, who are concerned about the risks of her activism, and standing up to Chinese interference. Young localists see themselves as being in a fight to save their beloved city, and in the middle of it all, Chalk Girl is just a teenager wanting to feel part of something bigger.

Balancing a Dream / Television Documentary

Bethnal Films for Al Jazeera English

DURATION: 25'

Sun Hua, an award-winning Chinese investigative journalist for the 'Jinan Times', knows just what he can and cannot get away with and how best to persuade his bosses to allow him to continue his work. Balancing a Dream explores 21st century China as it is challenged by a changing world, pushed by free-thinkers such as Sua Hua and an ongoing struggle for increasing freedom of expression.

Directors: Ling Lee & Ying Chui

Producer: Rodrigo Vazquez

Editor: Adam Thomas

WRITING A REVOLUTION / TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

Scottish Documentary Institute for Al Jazeera English

DURATION: 25'

Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm is outspoken, irreverent and controversial - a living legend in the Arab world famous for not holding his tongue. In this rare, intimate portrait he seeks his place in the revolution, and the inspiration to write again.

Dir: May Abdalla

Editor: Adam Thomas

WELCOME TO HONG KONG / TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

Stampede for Al Jazeera English

DURATION: 25'

Some 50,000 mainland Chinese people obtain one-way permits to move to Hong Kong each year.

They then have to wait a further seven years before gaining residency and, in the meantime, have no status whatsoever and no access to healthcare, education, or public housing.

They suffer routine discrimination, even from other migrants who have already gained residency, and live in pitiable and squalid conditions - for example, a family of five can often live within a space of 100 square feet.

For some, this raises problems of mental as well as physical illness, and their only help comes from the New Women Arrivals League, which lobbies on their behalf and supports them however they can.

SAMSUNG / David Bailey Campaign

PLAYLIST DURATION: 1'30"

The Pedreiro and the Master Planner / Television Documentary

Resolute Films for Al Jazeera English

DURATION 25'

Ricardo de Olivera is a Brazilian 'pedreiro', a real rebel architect. He has built over 100 houses with no formal training while utilising the most basic tools, all within his local community of Rocinha, Brazil's largest favela, situated right in the centre of Rio de Janeiro.

Working on a variety of projects across the favela, including his own house, Ricardo explains how these simple buildings meet the social and budgetary needs of their clients. But as the city gears up for the World Cup and Olympic Games, life in Rocinha is changing and even Ricardo cannot escape the violence spilling over from the government's favela 'pacification' programme.

Whilst Ricardo struggles to provide a better life for his own family, Brazil's new profile on the world stage has also led to an influx of urban planners, NGOs and well-meaning architects, all hoping to improve the physical conditions of the favela – and bringing with them the very real threat of gentrification.

Luis Carlos Toledo, the architect behind the master plan for the government's regeneration of Rocinha, was considered a radical for working on favela urbanisation long before it became fashionable and says living conditions can and must be improved.

However, even he starts to question the benefits of an attention-grabbing cable-car system, whilst thousands of residents are still without access to education or healthcare. The battle for the future of Brazil's favelas is on.

STEAL FROM THE CAPITALISTS / TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

Banyak Films for Al Jazeera English

DURATION: 25

Evan "Rabble" Henshaw-Plath is a coder, activist, anarchist, and a hacker. He is also one of the original developers of Twitter.

Henshaw-Plath believes that, as a tech activist, his role is to promote social justice, and he is eager to empower civil society to influence politics through the use of software. He explains how TxTMob, a platform that enabled protesters to send text messages to large groups anonymously, formed the basis of Twitter.

But when he came to the realisation that Twitter was not the world-changing idea he had hoped it would be, he sold his share.

Now bridging the worlds of hackers, activists and Silicon Valley start-ups, he's on a mission: to use techniques he has learned in the world of lean start-ups to support the technology being developed by activist groups.

The technologies he's promoting are all about allowing people to truly have secure communications, and his attempts to use Silicon Valley techniques have provoked resistance from his radical colleagues.

Can Henshaw-Plath convince the activists to steal from the capitalists in the name of efficacy, or is that a political compromise too far?

CRITICAL ENGINEERS / TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY

DURATION: 25'

A team of artist hackers set out to expose the devices spying on us by sending a balloon to the edge of space.

Russian-born Danja Vasiliev and New Zealander Julian Oliver are part of a growing movement of coders and hackers who use their skills to create questioning and humorous digital art.

Along with Gordan Savicic, they wrote the Critical Engineers manifesto, which posits: "The greater the dependence on a technology the greater the need to study and expose its inner workings, regardless of ownership or legal provision

We follow the duo and their colleague Bengt Sjölén as they construct and launch their latest project: a weather balloon modified with a computer and radio scanning equipment to monitor and intercept what is impossible to pick up from Earth - transmissions in the upper atmosphere.